Otto the Crooked and his great role models: Otto Waalkes turns 77 this year – just the right age to embark on ever more voyages of discovery. And since art is considerably older, it's no wonder that new masterpieces are still being discovered in the vast field of painting. But Otto has discovered something else: 'Unfortunately, most – if not all – are missing something dispensable: the Ottifant.' To fill these gaps, the notorious East Frisian and energetic comedian presents in this book a long series of fresh oil paintings, acrylics, watercolors, and pen-and-ink drawings, which are contextualized in both prose and verse, both within their art historical and Otto-specific frameworks. When in doubt, Otto simply confronts his great role models, most of whom sadly laid down their brushes long ago. "Brave artists copy – genius steals." That, by the way, is a saying of Picasso. Otto, on the other hand, parodies, because: "For me, parody is the sincerest form of veneration." WITH MORE THAN 150 PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS BY OTTO! New product